Brick-truck.



PATBNTED NOV. 3, 1903.

A. A. SCOTT.

BRICK TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1903.

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A. A. SCOTT.

BRICK TRUCK.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BRICK-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,040, dated November 3, 1903.

, Application filed January 29,1903. Serial No. 141,059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ANDERSON SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new in beams A and F on each side of the track, :having secured thereto laterally-extending rods or supports 1, J being a strengthening- 'brace connecting the supports I, attached'to and useful Improvements in Brick-Trucks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to trucks for carrying pallets of brick and other plastic products from the machine to the drying-yard and from thence to the kiln, and is especially adapted for use in the manufacture of articles from what is commonly called soft mud.

The object of my invention is to provide a truck that will perform the work with the minimum amount of labor and that is adapted for use with the plants as at present constructed.

In the majority of brick-yards as at present arranged the drying-racks consist of uprights spaced apart from the tracks on which the cars for conveying the pallets are run, with rests extending from said uprights toward the tracks. Heretofore in operating with this form of rack it has been necessary to convey the pallets of brick to the yard on a rack-car or other conveying means and lift each pallet separately therefrom and place it on the rack. In my invention I provide a frame with horizontal supports extending outwardly from the truck or car and means to raise and lower said frame, so that with the racks on each side loaded with pallets of bricks the entire load of the truck may be deposited on the rack simultaneously by lowering the rack on the truck.

The advantages of my invention will more fully appear hereinafter and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View in elevation of my invention, and Fig. 2 a View showing a portion of a drying-rack and a vertical section of the truck shown in Fig. 1 on the line a: 00.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout both views, A represents the side beams of my invention, having journal-boxes 13 secured thereto, in which are journaled axles C, on which are keyed wheels D.

E represents upright beams secured at each end of side beam A, and F a horizontal beam from the rests.

connecting the tops of beams E, G being beams connecting the corners of the frames formed by beams A, E, and F on each side of the truck.

- H represents rods vertically slidable in holes each rod H.

K is a beam connecting the rods H on each side of the truck, and L cross-beams connecting the beams K.

M represents toggle-levers pivotally mounted on beams N, connecting the base-beams A and pivoted on beams L.

O is the handle for operating toggle-levers M, which is made U or Y shaped, as desired, and pivoted to the upright beams E at the front of the truck.

1? represents the rods connecting the handle O with the end of a rod Q, connecting the joints of the levers M.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a rack for soft-mud brick, as commonly constructed consisting of uprights R, spaced apart from and between the tracks S and connected at their tops by means of beam T. On the uprights R are socured the pallet-rests U, which are the same distance apart as the supports I on the truck.

To most successfully utilize my invention, a rack of substantially the same construction as above described should be provided at the machine. The pallets of bricks as filled are placed on the rests at the machine and as soon as the racks are filled the truck is run between them, the handle 0 being raised, thus lowering the rods H and supports 1, which pass under the rests and the pallets. The handle 0 is then lowered, raising the rods H and supports I and lifting the pallets The car is then run to the drying-yard, where it is run in with the handle O in its lowered position, which when raised lowers the supports I and leaves the pallets resting on the rests U in the dryingyard.

In manufacturing my device I- prefer to make all the beams, rods, and supports of angle-iron, except the strengthening-brace J, which is made of T-iron, though any other suitable material may be used, if desired. It

will also be apparent that any other wellknown means for elevating and lowering the supports I may be substituted for the togglelevers M without departing from. the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a brick-truck, a base-beam on each side thereof and having holes therein, an upright at each end of said base-beam, a horizontal beam connecting, the tops of said uprights and having holes therein in vertical alinement with the holes in said base-beam, rods 'slidably mounted lli said holes, laterally-extendingsupportssecured to said rods, and means to raise and lower said rods and supports, substantially as shown and described. I

2. In a brick-truck, a base-beam on each side thereof and having holes therein, an upright frame mounted on each base-beam and having holes in vertical alinement with the holes in the base-beam, rods slidably mounted in said holes, horizontal supports secured to said rods vertically disposed and extending laterally from the sides of the truck, and means to raise and lower said rods and supports, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a brick-truck, a base-beam on each side thereof and having holes therein, an upright at each end of said base-beam, a horizontal beam connecting the tops of said uprights andhaving holes in vertical alinement with the holes in said base-beam, rods slidably mounted in said holes, laterally-extending supports secured to said rods, a horizontal beam connecting said rods, cross-beams connecting said horizontal beams, toggle-1evers for elevating said rods and supports, and a lever pivoted to said uprights and connected to said toggle-levers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON SCOTT. Witnesses:

A. A. SoHMID, L. S. STEELE. 

